Landed 2pm from Mars or where? By tickets do u mean Emirates boarding passes?

I have deliberately done this 3 or 4 times over the years to get an extra day's nooky...555. They have never made an issue out of it and never fine for 1 day. In 17 yrs no repercussions. Cant think how there could be. One time the IO made a joke of it calling me a naughty boy with a big smile on his face as he pointed to the desk to pay the fine but they only put a small blue stamp (not red).

Not required if you pay for and use an (illegal but tolerated) agent for extension.

@Dana ******

yes I had forgotten given it was 3 or 4 years ago when I applied, that it was pension proof or money in the Bank. Even easier if you have a pension. All sorted. Now you can relax.

Addition to my post above: No need to send your passport to London for a visa anymore. U just download an evisa and take it with u to present on entry.

You r obviously a worrier so the sooner u get things sorted u will have peace of mind. Also entering visa exempt means the hassle of showing a flight ticket to leave the country which u do not need. So I would obtain from UK a 90 day single-entry non-imm. O visa based on retirement. Check with the Thai embassy what u need to show in your UK bank before applying. It was £10k or £20k balance on your latest current account bank statement when I last applied. Their website is a mess so I recommend that u email them for the current financial requirements for this visa: They usually reply within a couple of days and, unlike pre-Covid days, are very helpful when u ask for help. U then apply for the visa on the Thai e-visa website which is a bit fiddly but Im sure u can do it. Any upload demanded which is irrelevant to your application simply upload a blank A4 with N/A written on it. When u arrive in Thailand u then have the luxury of 60 days to get sorted before applying at your nearest Thai imm. office within the last 30 days of your visa for a 1 yr extension of stay. After 60 days because 800k THB needs to be in a Thai bank account before u apply. Go to that office to check the requirements before u apply. Good Luck!

OK OK OK, I see what you and Sean mean. But his and your wording are both ambiguous: "If you use wise etc you can only transfer more than 50,000 baht to Kasikorn and Bangkok Bank". And I think that u have since edited your post to clarify it: "(or less of course)", or maybe I missed it. My post was also wrong: "I think u mean less than thb not more." because, not paying too much attention, I responded to the wrong ambiguous meaning.

@Dave ********

Sorry Dave but that is rubbish and he has acknowledged that it is wrong. I have been with Kasikorn bank and (Transfer)wise for years and nearly always send £1k which has been less than 50k thb for years too! My last transfer was yesterday. Here are my last 3 transfers: Transactions

Sent · Yesterday

41,501.72 THB

1,000 GBP

Sent · 13th Jan

40,064.55 THB

1,000 GBP

Sent · 13th Jan

40,108.27 THB

1,000 GBP

@Sean ********

I think u mean less than thb not more.

@Kool ******

I read a comparison for charges somewhere recently which said Xe.com was the overall cheapest for sending large amounts (I think they said for over £10k). For lesser amounts Wise is recommended which I always use and agree that they r the best.